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''An S-Class Mercedes with all the extras can already be left largely alone to make its way along a moderately busy and fairly straight Autobahn.''


[http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12758720 '''The Economist, Dec 11, 2008''']
''We could deliver a car to your office [near Tower Bridge] that could drive to Bristol. The technology exists, the problem is liability if there is an accident.''
 
[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/driving/news/article6792747.ece '''Times Online, Aug. 12, 2009''']
 
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The next time you read an article about the future of the automobile, remember this prophecy.   
The next time you read an article about the future of the automobile, remember this prophecy.   
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==Retelling of the 1933 vision:==
==Retelling of the 1933 vision:==